Canada Deposit Insurance Corporation Act

Marginal note:Definitions

• 12.1 (1) The following definitions apply in this section.

  continuation day

  date de prorogation

  continuation day, in respect of a local cooperative credit society continued as a federal credit union, means the day set out in the federal credit union’s letters patent continuing the local cooperative credit society as a federal credit union. (date de prorogation)

  pre-existing deposit

  dépôt préexistant

  pre-existing deposit means a deposit that was made with a local cooperative credit society before it is continued as a federal credit union and that remains outstanding on the continuation day. (dépôt préexistant)

  transition period

  période transitoire

  transition period, in respect of a pre-existing deposit, means

  • (a) in the case of a pre-existing deposit that is to be repaid on a fixed day, the period that begins on the continuation day and ends on that fixed day; and

  • (b) in the case of any other pre-existing deposit, the period that begins on the continuation day and ends on the day that is 180 days after the continuation day. (période transitoire)

• Marginal note:Duty to insure certain pre-existing deposits

  (2) Despite paragraph 12(c) and subsection 3(1.1) of the schedule, but subject to the other provisions of this Act, if a pre-existing deposit is held by a federal credit union that is a member institution and all or a portion of the pre-existing deposit would have been guaranteed or insured under the law of a province if the local cooperative credit society had not been continued as a federal credit union, the Corporation shall insure the pre-existing deposit during the transition period up to the amount that would have been guaranteed or insured under the law of that province.

• Marginal note:Duty to insure certain pre-existing deposits repayable on a fixed day

  (3) Despite paragraph 2(2)(a) of the schedule, the Corporation shall insure a pre-existing deposit during the transition period if the deposit is held by a federal credit union that is a member institution and

  • (a) is repayable on a fixed day that is more than five years after the deposit was made with the local cooperative credit society that was continued as a federal credit union; and

  • (b) would have been guaranteed or insured under the law of a province if the local cooperative credit society had not been continued as a federal credit union.

• Marginal note:Deemed separate deposit

  (4) During the transition period, a pre-existing deposit, less any withdrawals from the pre-existing deposit, is deemed, for the purposes of deposit insurance with the Corporation, to be a deposit separate from any deposit made on or after the continuation day.